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Tsuna had finally climbed up the steep cliff and he felt cheated in a way, seeing as Reborn wanted him to fight Basil as part 2 of his intensive training. Shaking his glove covered hands back and forth, Tsuna could only beg for his life, hoping Basil would stop.

"Hold on! Hold on! Hold on! I can't. I can't. I'll die!"

Basil seemed confused momentarily but Reborn somehow managed to encourage him and, just as Tsuna was about to retort, a figure ran out into the clearing; being chased by what appeared to be a very large, very angry bear.

"How is bare-knuckle boxing with a bear going to do anything? And where the hell did you find a tub of gravy in the middle of nowhere?"

Tsuna, Basil, and Reborn all watched as the figure dodged swipe after swipe of the bear's claws before punching the beast square in the nose. Suddenly, Tsuna gasped. He didn't notice before, but the figure was actually Natsu…covered in gravy. A chuckling came from his right and he turned to find someone he didn't recognize.

The man was young with short, cropped auburn hair and a big smile on his face that reminded Tsuna of a certain baseball fanatic. His eyes were a bright green and shone with amusement as he continued to chuckle before shouting at Natsu.

"The gravy's my own recipe! Made it while you were climbing the cliff, sis!"

Glaring at the man, Natsu barely had time to summersault out of the way of another attack.

"No wonder this thing's coming after me! It's trying to kill me to get rid of the smell!"

"I thought you liked my cooking!"

"I only like it when you don't cook!"

The man started bawling and Tsuna couldn't help but sweat drop at the man's act. It was then Reborn decided to interrupt.

"Would you rather be fighting a bear, Dame-Tsuna? I'm sure Mr. Tachibana has some left over gravy."

"Eeeehhhh?"

"Go ahead Basil."

Next thing Tsuna knows, he's been punched into a wall with a single thought floating around his head. That's Natsu's brother?

It took a while, but by sundown I had managed to take down the bear and turned my gaze to my stupid brother, Shiro. Needless to say, he paled and began running only for me to tackle him like a pro football player and straddle his stomach with a maniacal grin.

"Hello brother."

"Eheh, I-I'm sorry?"

Everything kind of stopped around us as Reborn, Basil, and Tsuna turned to watch.

"Sorry? For what? The cliff? The pitfalls? The bear? The gravy? The monkeys? Oh-ho, I think we're way past a simple apology."

I pulled the rope out of my pocket and tied him up, gagging him, and hanging him upside-down from a nearby tree. I then stripped him down to his blue banana boxers and smothered him in the bananas I knew were in his pocket from the monkey incident. He looked at me alarmed and began shaking his head back in forth, freezing when he heard the nearby chattering of monkeys. Patting his cheek, I smiled innocently.

"Have fun~"

I turned around and began walking back to where the others were just as Tsuna went to yell at Reborn.

"I've had enough! I want to go home!"

"What are you saying? We have no time for-"

Reborn was interrupted by the growling of his stomach and immediately turned towards me.

"Let's go home for dinner. You can come too, Natsu. I'm sure Nana won't mind."

"Cool."

My vision spun for a moment and I put a hand up to my head, noticing Reborn give me a look. I shook it off and soon we were on our way to Tsuna's house when I realized, with a frown, that I wouldn't be able to hear my brother's screams. The person on my left tapped my shoulder and I looked quizzically at Tsuna.

"You okay? You looked upset about something."

"Yup. I realized that I won't be able to hear my brother screaming for mercy when the monkeys find him."

Tsuna paled and I couldn't help but laugh, his shocked face changing to a small smile when I turned back around. It wasn't long before we reached Tsuna's house and my eyes darted around, trying to take in everything I could; entrances, exits, possible escape route, the usual. Then again, maybe that survival training has me paranoid.

"I'm hom-"

"Welcome back~!"

I looked in the entrance to find Iemitsu Sawada sitting on the step wearing construction gear. Thinking back, I remembered that I know absolutely nothing about him so it was impossible for him to just be a normal construction worker. I narrowed my eyes in suspicion and watched for any flaw that could give me insight on who he really is. It helped that I could visually see what he was saying to Reborn.

"I got my information from my agent in the main land, so there's no mistake."

Agent…So he's in the mafia? Most likely friends with the Vongola since he's friendly with Reborn and has no qualms about Tsuna becoming the next boss. That would be part of the reason why I got no info on him…But the other half…he must be in a more covert group as well to hide this so much about himself.

I began paying attention again when Tsuna began talking with him, also discovering that he was Basil's master. Taking this in, I realized that I should see what I could dig up about Basil too and that may help me with the mysterious Iemitsu. It was then I noticed Tsuna was sitting on the floor and Iemitsu was heading to the door, stopping to look at me with a serious expression. Locking eyes with him, I studied his brown eyes for anything that could give him away when he smiled and patted my head, causing me to cringe slightly. He turned to Tsuna then and gave him a thumbs up, leaving us all shocked with two final words.

"I approve."

I felt heat creep up my face, putting a hand to my head as I fell to the ground due to hunger and embarrassment. Tsuna, on the other hand was doing no better, flailing about yelling something with a blush spreading across his cheeks. I groaned and felt Reborn tug on my torn jeans. Looking up, I watched what he had to say.

"Nana should be making dinner now. Dame-Tsuna and I'll take care of the Varia, so-"

"Don't even try to get me to stay here, Reborn. I climbed a cliff with torn muscles, survived on nothing but a single fish for days, fought off two bears and a pack of rabid monkeys, and you expect me to sit here and do nothing? I seriously need to take my pent up rage out on something and this looks like the perfect chance."

I grinned and he lowered his fedora with a matching grin before turning to Tsuna and saying something I didn't catch. I had no idea who we were going after or who we were going to fight, but I had a feeling girly-man was there and I couldn't wait to beat the crap out of him.

Meanwhile, the only thing Tsuna could think was, Eeeehhhh! Natsu can be really scary!